"Unqualified henchmen": Dan Bongino's installation in high-ranking law enforcement role sparks concern in both Republicans and Democrats
Dan Bongino, the conservative podcaster named deputy director of the FBI, has spent years publicly criticizing the agency he will now help run, pushing conspiracy theories about corrupt FBI leadership and agents who were out to get President Donald Trump.
-- NBC News (@nbcnews.com) February 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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How Dan Bongino Went From Infowars to FBI Deputy Director
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... Dan Bongino rose through the ranks of right-wing media thanks to his unflinching loyalty to Donald Trump and willingness to push baseless conspiracies -- including about the FBI.
Dan Bongino has spent the last decade building a career in right-wing media based on his sycophantic support of President Donald Trump and his willingness to engage in endless conspiracy theories about everything from Covid-19 and the 2020 elections to the FBI, which he has said should no longer exist in its current form.
"The FBI is no longer a law enforcement entity," Bongino wrote on X in 2023. "It is an oppo research firm for Democrats with an armed political enforcement branch." He also wrote previously that he wants to "disband the FBI" and boosted conspiracy theories about its role in the Capitol insurrection. "I don't trust these people at all," Bongino wrote under a Facebook video about the agency last year. ...
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